County of Summit, Ohio et al v. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al

  1. January 16, 2019

    Opioid Distributors Want 6th Circ. RICO Ruling Before Trial

    The Sixth Circuit should decide whether Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and nuisance claims in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis hold up before the Ohio district court case moves on, drug distributors have told the trial court.

  2. December 19, 2018

    Ohio Opioid MDL Bellwether Survives Drug Co. Attacks

    An Ohio federal judge on Wednesday cleared a bellwether suit in the multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis to move forward, largely signing off on a magistrate judge's recommendation.

  3. November 07, 2018

    Local Gov'ts Press For Opioid Market Share Data

    Lead attorneys for local governments suing over the opioid crisis on Wednesday told the Ohio federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation that since the U.S. Department of Justice does not oppose releasing market share data from a federal database of opioid sales, opioid makers and distributors have no grounds to oppose it either.

  4. November 05, 2018

    Opioid Distributors Seek Ohio High Court Input On State Law

    Opioid distributors have asked the Ohio federal judge overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation to have the Ohio Supreme Court weigh in on whether the state's product liability laws annul negligence and public nuisance claims against a supplier of products.

  5. October 05, 2018

    Ohio County's Opioid Bellwether Gets OK From Magistrate

    An Ohio magistrate federal judge on Friday largely sided with an Ohio county bringing one of the bellwether suits in the massive opioid multidistrict litigation and recommended against tossing the bulk of its claims that pharmacies, opioid manufacturers and distributors fueled the opioid crisis.